<h3 id="building-the-city">Building the City</h3>
<p>Fogcon 2011</p>
<p>Traffic: Where we drive and how it affects us</p>
<p>City maintenance at a smaller town city scale (privitized utilities)</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/War-Oaks-Novel-Emma-Bull/dp/0765300346/">Bull, Emma. War For The Oaks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Merlin-Conspiracy-Diana-Wynne-Jones/dp/0060523204/">Wynn-Jones, Diana. The Merlin Conspiracy</a> city totems/spirits as characters</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Engines-Hungry-City-Chronicles/dp/0060082097/">Reeve, Phillip. Mortal Engines</a> mobile cities prey on other cities in &quot;Municipal Darwinism&quot;</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Neverwhere-A-Novel-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060557818/">Gaiman, Neil. Neverwhere</a> the meta-narrative romanticizes homelessness</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/King-Rat-China-Mieville/dp/0312890729/">Mieville, China. King Rat</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Dervish-House-Ian-McDonald/dp/1616145455/">McDonald, Ian. Dervish House</a> Istambul as a character</li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373981/">Antal, Nimrod (Director). Kontroll</a> not just another subway ride</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winters-Tale-Mark-Helprin/dp/0156031191/">Halpern, Mark. Winter's Tale</a> NYC is a character</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/China-Mountain-Zhang-Maureen-McHugh/dp/0312860986/">McHugh, Maureen F. China Mountain Zhang</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The use of the bits of a city the writer cares about =&gt; lens for view of the city</p>
<p>Cities that allow more freedom for individuals vs. cities that are alienating (but both can be true).</p>
<p>Cities as a cluster of small, butressing villages</p>
<p>One can use city infrastructure as a way to show the city as a character.</p>
<p>Housing can be a good way to give the character problems that are hard to get out of.</p>
<p>&quot;The Tower of Babel&quot; -- have the cool thing, but the character is still having to pay bills.</p>
